Youth held for raping 8th grader

Police yesterday arrested a youth on charge of raping a 14-year-old physically challenged girl in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila.

The girl, an eighth grader, is now pregnant, according to her family.  

Her mother filed a rape case against the accused, Akbar Ali, 23, with Kalmakanda Police Station on Thursday night.

Quoting the case statement, Md Mazharul Karim, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the girl, daughter of a day labourer, was born with a defect in her right leg. Several months ago, she met Akbar when she went to the upazila’s Purbo Julpara village to visit one of her relatives.

Later, the accused lured her into going to different places where he raped her, the OC said.

Recently, the girl’s mother noticed physical changes in her daughter and took her to a private clinic from where they came to know that the victim was three months pregnant. Afterwards, the girl told her parents what happened to her, the police official said. 

After the case was filed, police arrested Akbar yesterday afternoon. He was being in being interrogated last night.

The OC also said the girl would be sent to Netrakona General Hospital today for medical tests. Later in the day, she would be taken to a court in the district for recording her statements, he added.